--- description: Find out why Red Sea Mountain Trail in Red Sea Mountains, Egypt is on TIME’s 2019 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. title: Red Sea Mountain Trail Is One of the World’s Greatest Places image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965fed691a2a639/698a01668fd2ee829f35ff2b/red-sea-mountain-trail-egypt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 21, 2019 # Red Sea Mountain Trail Red Sea Mountains, Egypt by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Nour El Din Plunging gorges and craggy mountain-sides are not all that separate mainland Egypt’s [first long-distance hiking trail](https://www.redseamountaintrail.org/ "undefined") from the beach resorts in the nearby vacation town of Hurghada. Inspired by the success of a sister trail on the Sinai Peninsula, which opened in 2015, the new route is a community tourism initiative managed by the local Maaza tribe and dedicated to preserving Bedouin heritage and empowering nearby communities. Over the 10 days or so it takes to walk the trail’s 105 miles, hikers are accompanied by Bedouin cameleers who provide traditional food and insight into their culture. An extension is already in the works. _—Joseph Hincks_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654150/red-sea-mountain-trail-egypt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654150/red-sea-mountain-trail-egypt/"},"headline":"Red Sea Mountain Trail","datePublished":"2019-08-21T20:02:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:32:47.165Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654150/red-sea-mountain-trail-egypt/","keywords":["World's Greatest Places","World's Greatest Places 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965fed691a2a639/698a01668fd2ee829f35ff2b/red-sea-mountain-trail-egypt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965fed691a2a639/698a01668fd2ee829f35ff2b/red-sea-mountain-trail-egypt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654150/red-sea-mountain-trail-egypt/","name":"Red Sea Mountain Trail"}}]}] ```